Tobacco package or container



Oct. 14 1924.

J. PETERSON TOBACCO PACKAGE 0R CONTAINER Filed July 17.

192 2 Shee1. s-Sheet 1 INVENTOR 7 Java TIM/v PEI-arse r A'ITORNE 5 0a. 14 1.924. 1,512,000 J. PETERSON TOBACCO PACKAGEQR CONTAINER Filed July 1'7. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 14,1924. 1,512,000 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN PETERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEV] YORK, ASSIGNOR TO COMBINATION MA- CHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TOBACCO PACKAGE R CONTAINER. E i, Application filed July 17, 1923. Serial No. 652,064.

To all wh it ay Figure 2 shows the inner container or Be it known that I, JONATHAN Pn'rnnson, tray filled with tobacco, and the inner and a citizen of the United States, and resident outer wrappers associated with the box and of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and partly folded.

State of New York, have invented certain Figure 3 shows the wrapper formation 60 new and useful Improvements in Tobacco completed but not closed. Packages or Containers, of which the fol- Figure 4 is a detail showing one of the lowing is a specification. outer wrapper flap connections.

My invention relates to packages or con- Figure 5 shows the closure end fold fortainers especially ell adapted f r a king mation of the outer wrapper, the closure 65 tobacco and particularly sliced plug tobacco me ers in an intermediate, or partly open in small quantities for pocket use of individp si on.

ual consumers. Figure 6 shows the top or upper face of Sliced plug smoking tobacco has heretothe completed package. fore been packed in hinged covered sheet 7 Figure 7 shows the bottom thereof. 70

metal boxes in order to keep the tobacco The container as here shown and described, fresh and moist and particularly to keep the consists, in a preferred form of the inventhin slices from being broken while in the tion, of an inner container A which may package. Such metal containers are ex- Oth rwise be identified as tray or box, an inpensive, and add very materially to the costtermediate wrapper B, which might in some of the package. cases be a single sheet of material, but pref- An important object of the present invenerably is a composite wrapper consisting of tion is to dispense with such metal cona sheet of rather thin paper p and a sheet tainers and to provide a package or 0011- of tinfoil t, which is usually of quite subtainer for moderate quantities of sliced plug Stantial thickness, the paper and foil being so tobacco suitable for pocket use of individual usually secured together by spaced strips of consumers, consisting largely of paper, and adhesive a, and an outer wrapper or cover in a particular embodiment, as herein en- C, which is usually paper of substantial closed, consisting entirely of tinfoil and pathickness and of suitable quality to provide per, which while not absolutely rigid has the desired finish or decorative appearance suflicient strength and stiffness to preserve of the completed package. The outer face its form and efiectively protect the slices of of the cover sheet is usually imprinted with tobacco from breaking or crumbling, is very any suitable indicia 1, Figure 6. much cheaper than the metal container, is The tray A is usually of cardboard of as thin, compact and of convenient shape for moderate thickness, to provide a certain inpocket carrying, preserves the tobacco in terior stiffening or reenforcement of the fresh condition until the package is opened, package. It consists of a central or body and is easily opened and closed after the section 2, side wings 3 and end wings a, and original opening to permit one slice of tothe blank is suitably creased or scored and 40 bacco to be withdrawn at a time. the wings are folded up as shown in Figure The characteristics and advantages of the 2. The tobacco contents, consisting in the invention are further sufliciently explained present example of a plurality of slices of in connection with the following detail dc sliced plug tobacco, usually arranged in two scription of the accompanying drawings, rows, isplaced in the tray, the tobacco con- 45 which shows one representative einboditents coming'fiush with the edges of the upment of the invention. After considering turned Wings 3 and 4. this embodiment, persons skilled in the art 7 The filled tray is placed upon a central Will understand that many variations may or body portion 5 of the composite interbe made within the principles of the invenmediate wrapper l3 asshown in Figure 2.

, 50 tion, and I contemplate the employment of This composite wrapper is cut to provide any structures which are properly within side wall portions 6 and end wall portions the scope of the appended claims. 7, corresponding substantially to the side Figure 1 is a perspective view showing and end walls of the tray. Triangular the different container materials or blanks wings 8 are provided extending from the in spaced, superposed relation. end wall member 7, these wings being designed to lie upon the tobacco contents of the package near the ends thereof. A front cover or closure flap 9 extends from one of the side wall portions 6 and a rear cover flap 10, usually'wider than flap 9, extends from the other side wall portion.

At the intersections of the triangular flaps 8 and the closure flaps 9 and 10, right-angled fold or corner flaps 11 are provided. Before the intermediate wrapper and the tray are associated with the outer wrapper, or at least before the fold formation of the outer wrapper is produced, the'wall and wing portions 7 and 8, and the'wall and closure flap portions 6 and 9 and Sand 10 are folded up at right angles to the bottom section 5 in substantially the position shown in, Figure 3, and the corner flaps 11 are then folded as indicated in Figure 3, the folded flaps usuallyebeing turned down flat against end walls of the package, as there shown.

The embryo package consisting of the tray and intermediate wrapper is now, or it may have been previously, placed upon 7 the outer wrapper (Loccupying the central or body portion 15 thereof. The wrapper also has wall portions 16 corresponding to the side walls of the tray and inner wrapper, end wall portions 17 end flaps 18 extending from the end. wall portions, and front and rear closure flaps 19 and 20 extending fromthe side wall portions 16 Thewrapper is, preferably formed so that when its parts are-completely folded and secured it pro vides a neck or open mouth of substantial depth, as shown in Figure 3. To secure this mouth or neck formation the blank is provided withsealing flaps 21 which are folded along the dotted lines 22, and 24: in completing the neck or closure formations. The outer wrapper wall portions 17 and end flaps 18, front wall portions 16 and rear closure flaps 19 and 20, are now turned up at right-angles to the body section 15, (Fig. l) and the parts are secured by folding the sealing flaps 21 along the dotted lines above mentioned, corner folds being produced along the lines 24, Figure ejand the main portions of the flaps being turned over and secured adhesively to faces of the front and rear fiaps 19 and 20 respectively,

may be provided in the form of creased or scored lines on the blank, as shown in dotted lines, Figure 1. The folding of the end flaps 18 along the dotted lines, as shown in Figure 5, produces substantially triangular end closure flaps or tongues 30 adapted to overlie flaps 8 of the intermediate wrapper, and bellows fold portions 31 which lie between the tongues 30 and front and rear cover flaps 9 and 10 of the intermediate wrapper, and sufficiently retain those flaps against the wrapper flaps 19 and 20,01 in other words, the intermediate wrapper flaps are located between the bellows fold members 81 and the wrapper flaps 19and20, so that when the package is opened the intermediate wrapper fiaps "will'loe raised along with the outer wrapper neck, giving" easy and quick access to the package contents.

The neck or closure parts are now folded completely down producing the complete tightly closed, flat and rectangular package, asshown in Figure 6. Closure flap 20'm'ay be sealed adhesively, or this may in some cases be dispensed with and the package may be sealed only bya revenue stamp 40 applied over the flap 20 and with itsends overlying the ends of, and adhesively secured on the bottom of the package, as sufiiciently shown in Figure 7. r

t is desirable in some cases to provide a conveniently operated device. for securing flap 20 temporarily after the package has been first opened, so that it can be easily resecured after each slice of tobacco isremoved. For this purpose a rubber band 41 is placed about the packageover flap 20 near the free end thereof, in th'e'positio'n shown in Figure ('5, and the rubber band may desirably be secured in position by'the revenue stamp, as also shown in Figures 6 and 7, T 7

To initially open the package withthe rubber band and revenuestamp arranged as described, it is only necessary to tear away the portion of the. stamp overlying fia'p 20,. and then the rubber band may be pulled away from the top of the package andfwil'l remain too attached to the bottom of the pacl'rageby end portions l9 of the stamp. .Cover flap 20 is then raised, whereupon the entire neck structure is lifted to approximately the position shown inFigure 3, to permit the; easy withdrawal of a. slice of tobacco, andthen may be easily reclosed, and in fact. t e closure members return to. closed position automatically when closure. flap 20' is do.- pressed. The rubber bane is then snapped around in normal position, as shown in. Figure 6, and the package is ready to he slipped back into the. pocket; I

The inner cardboard container ort'ray,.reenforced by. the, intermediate wrapper and outer wrapper, provides ample stiffness to prevent crumbling or breaking of the to 1,51aooo bacco contents, although the package is not absolutely rigid. The intermediate wrap per of composite paper and foil, preserves the moisture and freshness of the tobacco. The described construction obviates the necessity for using sheet metal boxes for small quantities of tobacco of this character, and an immense saving is therefore effected in the cost of such metal containers, and a given quantity of tobacco can be sold at a lower price, or greater quantity can be sold at the usual price, than has heretofore been possible.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a thin and approximately flat tobacco package for convenient pocket use, which dispenses with a metal container and has suflicient strength and stiffness to protect the tobacco contents, comprising an inner tray of sheet material of substantial stiffness, a quantity of tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate wrapper including tinfoil substantially enclosing the tray and tobacco and having top flaps movably overlying the tobacco contents, and an outer paper wrapper of substantial thickness formed and secured about the tray and inner wrapper and having closure means including an outer flap, said closure means being constructed and arranged to be folded down fiat upon the package top with said outer flap uppermost, to completely cover and close the package.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a thin and approximately flat tobacco package for convenient pocket use, which dispenses with a metal container and has suflicient strength and stiffness to protect the tobacco contents, comprising an inner tray of sheet material of substantial stiffness, a quantity of tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate wrapper including tinfoil substantially enclosing the tray and tobacco and having top flaps movably overlying the tobacco contents, an outer paper wrapper of substantial thickness formed and secured about the tray and inner wrapper and having closure means including an outer flap, said closure means being constructed and arranged to be folded down flat upon the package top with said outer flap uppermost, to completely cover and close the package, and a revenue stamp secured over said outer flap and across the ends and upon the bottom of the package.

As a new article of manufacture, a thin and approximately flat tobacco package for convenient pocket use, which dispenses with a metal container and has sufficient strength and stiffness to protect the tobacco contents, comprising an inner tray of sheet material of substantial stiffness, a quantity of tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate wrapper including tinfoil substantially enclosing the tray and tobacco and having top flaps movaibly overlying the tobacco contents, an outer paper wrapper of substantial thickness formed and secured about the tray and inner wrapper and having closure means including an outer flap, said closure means being constructed and arranged to be folded down fiat upon the package top with said outer flap uppermost, to completely cover and close the package, and an elastic band normally located about the package and passing over said outer flap and secured to the bottom of the package so that the upper stretch of the band may be readily removed to permit the package to be opened.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a package of sliced plug tobacco dispensing with a metal container and of suiiicient strength and stiffness to prevent crun'ibling or breaking of the plug slices, and thin and approximately flat for convenient pocket use, comprising an inner tray of paper of substantial thickness, a plurality of superposed flat slices of sliced plug tobacco therein, an intermediate composite Wrapper of foil and paper substantially enclosing the tray and tobacco, and including top flaps movably overlyingthe tobacco contents, and an outer paper wrapper of substantial thickness formed and secured about the tray and inner Wrapper and having a tubular neck including a closure flap longer than the main mouth contour of the neck, ends of the neck being provided with bellows folds so that the neck may be folded down flat upon the package top with said closure flap uppermost to completely cover and close the package.

5. A tobacco package comprising an inner tray of fibrous sheet material, a plurality of slices of sliced plug tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate composite wrapper of foil and paper formed about the tray and having closure flaps, and an outer wrapper formed. about the inner container and conforming to the shape of the tray, and having front and rear closure flaps and end fold formations arranged to normally retain the closure flaps of the intermediate wrapper against the outer wrapper closure flaps.

6. A tobacco package comprising an inner tray of fibrous sheet material, a plurality of slices of sliced plug tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate composite wrapper of foil and paper formed about the tray and having closure flaps, and an outer wrapper formed about the inner container and conforming to the shape of the tray, the outer wrapper being formed with a neck including front and end wall portions and a rear wall portion extending above the edges of the other portions, the end wall portions of the neck being folded on diagonal lines to produce tongues and bellows olds serving to retain the closure flaps of the intermediate Wrapper substantially against the front and rear Wall portions of the outer wrapper neck, so that the tobacco contents is conveniently exposed when the rear Wall portion of the Wrapper neck is raised.

7. A. tobacco package comprising an inner tray of cardboard of substantial thickness, having a bottom portion and upturned side and end Walls, a plurality of slices of sliced plug tobacco substantially filling the tray, an intermediate Wrapper of composite foil and paper folded about the tray and having triangular flaps adapted to lie on the tobacco contents of the tray, and also having front and rear closure flaps, and an outer paper Wrapper having a body section nnderlying the tray and inner Wrapper side and end Wall portions snrroundingside and end Walls of the inner-Wrapper tray, and a neck of substantial depth, consisting'of a front fiapy a rear flap having aportion extending considerably above the normal contour of the neck, and end portions having connect ing flaps adhesively secured to the front and rear portions, said end portions ofrthe' neck being adapted to loe folded on diagonal lines to proc ce trick-folds which retain the interi'nediate wrapper closure flaps in posi and rearwall portions foil having bottom, side and end Wall poro tions adapted to enclose similar portions of the tray, and also havlng end cove-r flaps and front and rear cover flaps, and an outer Wrapper enclosing the bottom; sides and end walls of the inner package consisting of the v 7 tray and inner Wrapper, the cover also havf- 5 an upstanding foldable neck, one Wall of which has a relatively long closure flap, and portions of the neck being creased tenfold as to retain the front andrear cover,

t) flaps oi the intermedlate Wrapper and llfl] said flaps hen the Wrapper neck is'opened.

Signed atllOT Broadway, in thelcounty of New York and State of hlew York, this 16th. day of July, A.,D.1923.

JONATHAN rnrnason. I 

